Nottingham Crown Court Sentencing Results

Ralph Fletcher sexually abused three children and was found guilty of 14 sexual offences against them. He was described by investigators as the ringleader of the abuse and a dangerous individual. He was sentenced in August 2026.

Raheeb Ibrahim, 25, subjected a young woman to a sustained three-month campaign of harassment and abuse. Demanding to know her location at all times, he bombarded her with text and social media messages and required video call check-ins, becoming aggressive if she failed to respond. On New Year’s Eve 2020, he flew into a rage, pushed her to the floor, and grabbed her neck. He later followed her in a hire car, yelling at her to get in, causing her to flee in panic. He was arrested on 18 January 2021 after being pulled over in his car and found in possession of cannabis. Ibrahim initially denied all allegations but later pleaded guilty.

Huy Quoc Tran, 37, of Honeywood Drive, Carlton, pleaded guilty to conspiring to produce cannabis. He was involved in a drugs gang that grew cannabis worth over £700,000 at multiple properties. His address was raided on 30 November 2023 and large quantities of cannabis were seized.

George Wood was involved in a road rage incident on August 1, 2023, while driving a black Mini Countryman in Southwell. The victim and the victim's son were riding motorcycles on the same road at about 11am. The victim suffered broken ribs, broken arms and nerve damage. When told of the injuries, Wood said the rider should "use his brain".

Gary Pennant, 44, of Nottingham, was covertly filmed selling crack cocaine and heroin to an undercover journalist from the News of the World. A crack user was paid £2,000 by the newspaper after tipping them off that drugs could be bought from Pennant.

Gavin Hough, an IT employee at Gateley law firm, was arrested in 2024 after police linked his internet address to downloads of child sexual abuse images and bestiality content. A search of his mobile phone and PC tower uncovered over 3,000 images and videos, with 180 classified as Category A (the most serious). He pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of indecent images of children, one of prohibited images, and one of possession of extreme pornography. The material depicted children as young as six. He made determined and sophisticated efforts to obtain the images by contacting others online. His defence claimed he turned to the material after experiencing reduced intimacy with his wife, who subsequently left him. Judge Steven Coupland sentenced him to 14 months imprisonment at Nottingham Crown Court, noting a medium-to-high risk of reoffending.

Craig Roach was stopped at 3.15pm on May 18, 2019, in a taxi in Colwick. Officers found a bag on the back seat containing a loaded shotgun. He was subsequently charged and pleaded guilty.

Connor Gillan punched a 17-year-old boy to the side of the head during a fight involving a group of men in Burton Street, Nottingham city centre, on 25 February 2018. The victim was an innocent passer-by. The force of the punch knocked him to the ground, where he hit his head on the pavement and was knocked unconscious. He suffered a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain. The victim, a soldier in training with the Rifles Regiment, was unable to complete his training as planned due to the injuries. Gillan handed himself in after seeing a police CCTV appeal on Facebook.

In August 2025, then 19-year-old Evie Robinson drove her Audi A1 across a car park in Mansfield while two friends, including the 18-year-old victim, were sitting in the boot. When Robinson accelerated, both fell out; the victim hit her head on the ground and suffered a 5mm deep brain bleed, requiring a week in an induced coma and six weeks in hospital. She was left with seizures, speech difficulties, mood changes, and her education and future were severely affected. Robinson later pleaded guilty to causing serious injury through dangerous driving.

Desmond Rice, 47, from Aylesbury, along with Banet Tershana, Klodian Shenaj and Jetmir Myrtaj organised people smuggling crossings from France and Belgium to the UK in October 2022. Rice purchased the boat Aquaholic for £22,500 from Poole, transported it with Shenaj to Brightlingsea Marina in Essex, filled 12 canisters with nearly £1000-worth of fuel on 22 October, and provided a kayak for access. GPS showed the boat travelled to Belgium and back. Arrested on 29 October with related documents found at his house.

Liam Brown harassed his former long-term partner in the Carlton Hill area of Nottingham in 2019. After an argument at The Engine House pub in July, he broke her phone by putting it in his mouth and snapping it, and snapped her sunglasses. When she tried to leave by car, he grabbed her arm and twisted it, causing bruising. He also entered her home without permission while she was on holiday and sent her a video of himself there. He bombarded her with text messages, phone calls, and followed her. After reporting him to police, Brown threatened the victim and tried to pressure her to drop the charges while on police bail. He was arrested in September 2019 for witness intimidation.

Police attended the address where Brown was living in August 2025 and seized an iPhone and computer tower. Analysis of the devices found more than 1,600 Category A images and videos, 1,478 Category B and 751 Category C indecent images of children. Brown distributed 150 indecent images to at least three other users through Telegram while posing online as a female child. Further prohibited material, including AI-generated images and cartoons, and extreme pornographic material involving animals were also discovered. The court considered his age, personal circumstances, and the fact that he had completed counselling and a Lucy Faithfull Foundation programme.

On the evening of 24 November 2014, Lukasz Kielb drove his friend the victim to a house in Rosetta Road, New Basford, Nottingham. He dragged him into the cellar, where with Mark Duffus he tied him up, scalded him with boiling water, beat him with a knuckleduster and a metal pole, and slashed his arms and legs with knives. The victim escaped the next morning and suffered a broken nose, broken cheekbone, and multiple cuts requiring stitches. Kielb was sentenced for false imprisonment and causing grievous bodily harm.

Mason Jeffrey, of Bathurst Drive, Bilborough, updated his Facebook status on November 29, 2025, saying 'everyone is going to get crushed' in reference to his ex-partner whom he had previously assaulted. He sent a voice note and message to her friend threatening to 'chop up' her and her new partner, and to 'smack his head in'. This breached a two-year suspended sentence from February 2025 for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and a five-year restraining order.

On the evening of 24 November 2014, Mark Duffus assisted Lukasz Kielb in dragging the victim into a cellar in Rosetta Road, New Basford. Duffus helped tie up the victim, scald him with boiling water, beat him with a knuckleduster and metal pole, and slash his arms and legs with knives. The victim suffered serious injuries. Duffus was sentenced for false imprisonment and causing grievous bodily harm.

On 19 February 2017, Malgorzata Kobialka stabbed her partner at their home in Sherwood, Nottingham, causing serious, life-threatening injuries. She denied the stabbing from the outset of the investigation, alleging that an unknown man had attacked her partner on the doorstep. Instead of seeking immediate medical help, she delayed calling an ambulance for three hours, using the time to phone friends and family and to change her clothes in an effort to evade justice.

Marc Stephenson held a knife to a woman's throat and threatened to kill her during an incident in Ravenshead at 1:55am on March 23, 2019. When police arrived he was in the back garden, made swiping motions toward them, and threatened to stab them. Officers used CS spray and knocked the knife out of his hands with a baton before detaining him. Stephenson was charged with affray and threats to kill and later admitted the offences.